Hot-air moistener and deflector.



APPLICATION FILED MAB. 22,1909.

Patented July 20, 1909;

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WILLIAM M. ROEDER, OF BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS.

HOT-AIR MOISTENER AND nmeron.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jul -20', 1909.

Application filed March 22, 1909. Serial No.485,12'l.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M; ROEDER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Bloomington, in the county of McLean and State of Illinois, have invented a'cer'tain new and useful Hot-Air Moistener and De flector, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

My invention is concerned with a combined hot air moistener and deflector designed for use in connection with hot; air registers to keep the hot air furnished tb a room moist, and to deflect it out into the room 'to prevent it soiling the wall by the To this end, my invention consists of a rece tacle adapted to receive water and to be p aced adjacent a hot air register and havmg an overhanging deflecting plate associated therewith and preferably forming-one of thesides of the receptacle.

To illustrate my invention, I annex hereto a sheet of drawings in which the same refer ence characters are used to designate identi- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a room showing my inventlon 1n use;-Fig. 2 1s a front elevation of the same on an enlarged scale; Fig. 3 isa vertical section on the 3 hne AA of Fig. 2; and .Fig. 4 is a top plan view.

As is generally known, the registers .for admitting hot air to a room in a hot air heat. ing system are usually laced immediately adjacent the wall a, an as a result the hot air rising directly carries up particles of dust and soot and soon discolors the wall above the register. The air which has been heated in passing through the furnace has all the.

' 40 moisture driven off, and some moisture should be supplied to the hot air in order to make it perfectly wholesome. In remedying both of these defects in a single a paratus, I

rece tacle which has t e straight empilobv a bac adapte to rest against the Wall, the narrow bottom 0, the front (I, the upper portion of which is preferably curved and extends out over the register, and the top of which is formed of the horizontal portion e corresponding in width to the bottom 0, and

the curved portion f connecting the portion 6 and the front d. The sides b and d and the bottom a and the top e, f are preferably formed of a single piece of sheet metal. The

two ends 9 are of the same design and construetion, and have the supporting portions h, which extend outmndernea-th the overhanging portion to secure the necessary stability, and have the inwardly projecting flanges 9' which are adapted to fit beneath the edges k-of the register'cover plate Z. It will is made up of threev ieces which-are so dered or otherwise secured ple and rigid construction. At some suitable point near the top,such as in the under side of the overhanging portion of 'theside d, I place one or more =openings m through which the vapor of water is adapted to escape, and it will be understood that the heat of the air rising against the side'of the receptacle will cause the water in the rece tacle to be evaporated rapidly, thus furnis ing the desired supply of moisture; At a suitable point in the top portion 0 I 'place a cap 12. by which the receptadle'can. be filled, and to indicate its condition, whether full, empty, or partially filled, I employ the indicator 0,

whlch'willbeseentoconsist of the stationary indicating disk having the necessary indications p marked thereon, and depending from the disk is a bar g, which has at its bottom the bearing for the shaft 4', the other end of which has a bearing in'the top of the disk and has the pointer s-on its upper end 006 crating with the indications p. The sha t r is a strip of flat metal bent into a helix, and sliding on this strip is a cylindrical which the register plate is put back in place. 100

With the receptacle filled with water, it will be obvious that'the air coming up through the register will be suitabl moistened and deflected away from the wa l.

While I have shown and described my invention as embodied in the form which I at present consider best ada ted to'carry out together, making-a sim-' thus be seen *that the body "of the race tadle Its purposes, it ,will be un erstood that it is capable of modifications, and that I do not desire to be limited in the interpretation of the following claims, except as may be necessitated b the state of the prior art:

What I cl by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In a device of, the class described, the combination with a liquid tight receptacle open at the top to permit the escape of vapor adapted to be placed at one side of a hot-air register, of an overhanging deflecting plate secured thereto and preventing the hot air from passing out at the side of the register by which the receptacle is placed for the purpose described.

2. In a device of the class described, a liq uid tight receptacle open at the to to permit the escape of vaporadapted to e placed at one side of a hot-air register, and having one generally vertical side thereof overhanging for the purpose described.

3. In a device of the class described, a liquid tight receptacle open at the top to permit the escape of vapor ada ted to be placed at one side of a hot-air reglster, and having one generally vertical side thereof overhanging for the purpose described, and provided with the supports extending out beneath the overhanging side.

. 4. In a device of the class described, a liquid tight receptacle open at the top to per: mit the escape of vapor and having one side thereof overhanging for the purpose de scribed and provided. with supports having inwardly projecting flanges a apted to fit beneath the edges of a reglster cover late.

5. In a device of the class descri ed, the combination with a liquid tight receptacle open at the top to permit the escape of vapor adapted to be placed at one side of a hot-air aim as new and desire to secure register, of an overhanging deflecting plate secured thereto and preventing the hot air from passing out at the side of the register by which the receptacle is placed for the purpose described, and means for securing a the receptacle to the register cover late.

6. In a device of the class descri ed, the combination with a liquid tight receptacle open at the top to permit the escape of vapor adapted to be placed at one side of a hot-air register and having one generally vertical side thereof overhanging for the purposedescribed, of means for securing the receptacle to a register cover plate.

7. In a device of the class described, a liquid tight receptacle adapted to set at the edge of a hot air register and having the top of one generally vertical side overhanging and provided with an opening to permit the escape of the vapor of water near the top of the overhanging side.

8. In a device of the class described, a liquid tight receptacle adapted to set at the edge of a hot air register and having the top of one generally vertical side overhanging and provided withan opening to permit the escape of the vapor of water near the top of the overhanging side, and means for securing its base to the register cover plate.

9. In a device of the class described, a liquid tight recepatcle adapted to set at the edge of a hot air register and having the to of one side overhanging and provided with an opening to permit the escape of the vapor of water near the top of the overhanging side, and means for securing its base to the register cover plate consisting of the supports having the inwardly projecting flanges.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and aflixed my seal, this 13th day of March, A. D. 1909.

'WM. M. ROEDER. [L. s.] 

